It's only one class, what harm could it do?

____This quarter I decided (am required) to take a course called "Introduction to Systems Programming." The goal of this course is to learn C and C++. At first this may seem AWESOME, until you realize why the course is called systems programming. The entirety of the course is to be conducted on the Linux operating system, where the language C is, in fact, the language in which the operating system is written. This might be the best time to mention that I know nothing about Linux, C or C++. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm as eager to finally learn how Linux works as I am to learn C and C++, I'm just not wild about the idea of learning all three at the same time to reach a certain level of proficiency in 10 weeks or less while my GPA hangs in the balance.
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____So... to ace pass prevent a D from appearing on my transcript for this course, I decided to do something that I have always resisted in the past: get a tutor work with my peers learn from the textbook spend ungodly hours insane days absolutely anything I have vaguely resembles "free" or otherwise "wasted" time programing and using the Linux operating system.
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____Now some of you who know me may say, "How exactly is that different from what you normally do?" To which I might reply, "Ummm... murmle fzbtzs brainz" due to a lack of sleep and caffeine. In truth, the only real difference between this and my normal routine will be that, if I pass the course, I'll probably never be able to go back to either Windows or OS X and, more likely than not, I will be so hopelessly glued to my computer that my hands won't be able to leave the keys for any reason short of switching to a newer computer and I will have become so sensitive to light that I will have to wear sunglasses just to look at my computer screen.